Improvement in coffin-fastening



y W niet i tion and operation.

WILLIAM HAMILTON, oF ALLEGHENY crrv, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Potent No. `104,7 30,'dated June 28, 1,870.

IMPRoveIi/Ien'r IN corrrntrasmnmn The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the name To `Il calzoni. yit moy-concern n lic it known that I, "WILLMM HAMILToN, of the city and county of AAllegheny and Stato of lennsyh vaina, have invented anew andy useful Device for `@Fastening the Lid upon the Body ot" a BnriahGashet or Godin; and I do hereby declare that the foliowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature ,of my invention` consists iu securing the. lid nponvt-hc body of a burial-,casket orcoliinitlnough `the medium oi' iastcnings, arranged and operating as hereinafter' described. i

To enable others skilled in the art' to make and use niy invention, I will proceed to describe its construc- 1 `In the accompanying drawing which i'orms part of' this spccificationi e Figure 1 is a top vieni or pian of the body ci' a cofI lin `pmvided with the parts ot my improred fastening belonging to it. i

.ltigurc 2` represents the iid inverted, showing the 'arrangement of the partsof' the fastening belonging to it.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a coffin provided with my improvement in insteningsfbr securing the lid on i the body of the como. y

' Figure 4 is a transverse section ci' the saine when cnt through at thelineg,l of fig.- 3.

In the accompanyingdrawing H A represents the body, andv y i Y 15,'thelidof thecofln, which may be 'made-in any i of thclcnown forms, and constructed oi' any suitable mai terial.

`In the `top edge of the eudsarc secured plates C',

which are provided ivitlr openings D.

i On the under side of the lid B, near each end, are

, `two. flatheadcd tlin1uli-screws,f7 the heads of which are adapted in size andform to the size and form of the openings D in thcplates G.

Oli cach side of the head of the thumb-screws f,

" `arearrangcd pins at, for thepurpose of preventing them from turning more than one-fourth of a revolution, which will beV snfiicient to' 'secure the lid B tothe- On the under side of the plates C, at the edge of the opening D, and near eachend of it, .may be small .project-ions, so arranged with relation to the openings D and headfof the thumb-screw f, that, in turning it for the `purpose of removing the lid B from oif the body A, lthe longitudinal plane of the bead of the screw f will be brought on a parallel line with the lon-4 gitudinal plane of the opening'D.

swer e double purpose, to wit: as a guide for the heads 'of the screws f, and also for preventing any side motion the ends of thelid with relation to the body of the cofiin. i l

The under side of the lid B is provided with a series of coniforrn projections, in, which are fitted to a series of openings, n, in the top edge of the sides of the body A. for the purpose ci' holding the sides in position.`

The forni, size,nnd arrangement of the plates C, with relation to the body A and the thumb-screwj, in and withrelation to the lid, maybe varied` to snit the taste of' the undertaker and n ianufacturer.

.lhev lid 'B is secured onthe body A by placing the heads of the screws f in the openings D and pins x, in the openings s, of the plates 0, and the coniforxn projections m in their openings n in the top edge of vidingthe lid B with thumb-screws jisubstantiallyas l herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

52. In combination with the above, providing the lid with eoniformed projections m, and vthe top edge of the sides of the body A with corresponding cavities n,

as herein described.

WILLIAM HAldILICiN.A Witnesses:

A. C. JOHNSTON, JAS. Gl. THoMrsoN.

The pins :v'iit in openings s in the plate C and an-` 

